Key: C
Introduction: C
C6
A7/C#
G/D
Em7
G/D
D
D6
G
Em
G
C
G
Birds flying south to the one I love,
Bm7
C
Birds flying high and free,
C#
G/D
Em7
Don't tell my darling that you saw me,
G
D
G
Em7
Looking the way you see me.
G
G7M
C
G
And winds blowing warm to the one I love,
Bm
C
Winds please kiss her for me,
C#
G7M
Em7
But don't tell my darling that you saw me,
G
D
G
Em7
Looking the way you see me.
D
C
G
The way you see me is how I've been,
D
G
D/F#
Em7
And however since she's been gone,
D
C
G
Just tell her you saw me like I'd like to be,
A7
A7M
D
Em7
And tell her I'm happy alone.
G
C
G
That river of tears that I have cried,
Bm
C
River flow on to the sea,
C#
But don't tell my darling,
A
G
Em7
That you flowed from my eyes,
G
D
G
For she'll see me the way you see me.
Break
G7M
C7M
G
Bm7
C
C6
A7/C#
G
Em7
G
D
G
D/F#
Em7
Verse
D
C
G
The way you see me is how I've been,
D
G
Em7
And however since she's been gone,
D
C7M
G
Just tell her you saw me like I'd like to be,
A7
D
Dm
And tell her I'm happy alone.
G
C
G
River of tears that I have cried,
Bm
C
River flowin' on to the sea,
C#
But don't tell my darling,
G7M
Em7
That you flowed from my eyes,
G
D
Em
D
For she'll see me the way you see me,
G
D6
C
G/B
Am7
G
She'll see me the way you see me.